Saturday, January 29, 2011

Town Board Agenda for Jan 25, 2011

Description:

Agenda:
PRELIMINARY AGENDA

Purpose of the meeting:
1) To offer a resolution to access funds in the Building Capital Reserve type fund.
2) For the Land Use Subcommittee to present to the Town Board its
recommended Stewardship Management Plan as required by the First
Amendment to Deed of Conservation Easement on the Comeau Property.
3) It is expected that the Town Board will enter into executive
session at approximately 5:45 in the Supervisor’s Cottage for the
purpose of discussing: Proposals for labor negotiations.

RESOLUTIONS:
WHEREAS, the Town seeks to move forward on necessary improvements and expansions to the Woodstock Community Center building, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED to establish the Community Center Capital Project (H .064) for the renovation/rehabilitation of the Community Center, an existing structure of 3,100+/- square feet, presently used for Town Board and other public meetings, for the Senior Recreation Program, the Summer Recreation program, and other programming, for Town-sponsored special events and for other special events, and for the Woodstock Public Access television station, located at 56 Rock City Road, Woodstock, New York, as further described as follows: architectural and engineering fees; improvements to the Public Access station to accommodate new equipment, lavatory facilities, and air conditioning; expansion of the rear stage area, improvements to the building's envelope and devices for more energy efficiency, implementation of layouts and devices compliant with the federal Americans With Disabilities Act, and BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED to finance the aforementioned project with appropriations from private donations made to the Community Center Trust and Agency Account T09825, and/or appropriations from General Fund Revenues, including incentives from the NYS Energy Development Authority, and/or proceeds from the sale of bond anticipation notes, bonds not to exceed $450,000, and/or reserves established for this purpose, and BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED no expenditures shall be made from this fund without the approval of the Woodstock Town Board.

WHEREAS the Town Board will require professional architectural services for the preliminary design and presentation drawings, for models of the renovation and addition project for the existing Woodstock Community Center building, and for a full set of construction documents for bidding purposes, NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED to authorize a transfer of up to $50,000 from the Building Capital Reserve (A0.901) type fund to the Community Center Capital Project (H .064) to pay for said professional architectural services, such expenditure being subject to permissive referendum, and BE IT
FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Clerk shall post a legal notice in the January 25 edition of the Town’s official newspaper reading, “Shall the Town of Woodstock transfer up to $50,000 from the Building Capital Reserve type fund to the Community Center Capital Project to finance professional architectural services for the preliminary design and presentation drawings, for models of the renovation and addition project for the existing Woodstock Community Center building, and for a full set of construction documents for bidding purposes, such expenditure subject to permissive referendum.”




EXECUTIVE SESSION:
It is anticipated that the Board will enter in to EXECUTIVE SESSION at approximately 5:45PM in the Supervisor’s Cottage for the purpose of discussing: Proposals for labor negotiations and
It is expected that the Board will return to REGULAR SESSION at approximately 6:30PM to entertain a motion to adjourn.